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start [stα:t]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. ( = beginning) [of book, film, career] début m ; [of negotiations] ouverture f ; [of race] départ m• the start of the academic year (at university) la rentrée universitaire ; (at school) la rentrée des classes• let's make a start on that washing-up allez, on se met à la vaissellec. ( = sudden movement) sursaut m• you gave me such a start! ce que vous m'avez fait peur !a. ( = begin) commencer (to do sth, doing sth à faire qch ) ; [+ task] entreprendre ; [+ bottle, jar, loaf of bread] entamer• to start life as... débuter dans la vie comme...• don't start that again! tu ne vas pas recommencer !• let's get started! allons-y !b. ( = originate, initiate) [+ discussion] commencer ; [+ conversation] engager ; [+ quarrel, reform, series of events] déclencher ; [+ fashion] lancer ; [+ phenomenon, institution] donner naissance à ; [+ custom, policy] inaugurerc. ( = cause to start) [+ engine, vehicle] mettre en marche ; [+ race] donner le signal du départ de• he started the ball rolling by saying... pour commencer, il a dit...• if you start him (off) on that subject... si tu le lances sur ce sujet...a. ( = begin) commencer• let's start! allons-y !• well, to start at the beginning... eh bien, pour commencer par le commencement...• do start before it gets cold! ( = begin to eat) commencez avant que ça ne refroidisse• to start with, there were only three of them, but later... au début ils n'étaient que trois, mais après...• we only had $100 to start with nous n'avions que 100 dollars pour commencer► to start (off) with sth commencer par qch• he started off with the intention of writing a thesis au début son intention était d'écrire une thèseb. ( = leave) [person, ship] partir• ten horses started and only three finished dix chevaux ont pris le départ mais trois seulement ont fini la coursec. ( = get going) [car, engine, machine] démarrerd. ( = jump nervously) [person] sursauter ; [animal] tressaillir4. compounds• to be fast/slow off the starting blocks (figurative) être rapide/lent à démarrer ► starting gate noun starting-gate ma. ( = return) repartirb. ( = recoil) [person, horse] faire un bond en arrière► start off intransitive verb, separable transitive verb→ starta. ( = begin) commencer• I started on the job last week (employment) j'ai commencé à travailler la semaine dernière ; (task) je m'y suis mis la semaine dernière→ start► start up intransitive verb, separable transitive verb→ start* * *[stɑːt] 1.1) ( beginning) début mto make an early start — ( on journey) partir tôt
that's a good start — lit c'est un bon début; iron ça commence bien
to make a fresh ou new start — prendre un nouveau départ
2) ( advantage) avantage m; (in time, distance) avance f3) Sport ligne f de départ4) ( movement)2.transitive verb1) ( begin) commencer [day, activity]; entamer [bottle, packet]to start doing ou to do — commencer à faire, se mettre à faire
2) (cause, initiate) déclencher [quarrel, war]; instaurer [custom]; mettre [fire]; être à l'origine de [trouble, rumour]; lancer [fashion, enterprise]3) ( activate) faire démarrer [car]; mettre [quelque chose] en marche [machine]3.to start with adverbial phrase1) ( firstly) d'abord, premièrement2) ( at first) au début3) ( at all)4.I should never have told her to start with — pour commencer, je n'aurais jamais dû lui en parler
to start again ou afresh — recommencer
to start on — commencer [memoirs, journey]
don't start on me — ( in argument) ne recommence pas avec moi
starting Wednesday... — à compter de mercredi...
2) ( depart) partir3) ( jump nervously) sursauter (in de)4) Automobile, Technology [car, engine, machine] démarrer•Phrasal Verbs:- start up•• -
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starting ['stɑ:tɪŋ]1 noun(a) (beginning) commencement m;∎ who wants to be responsible for the starting of a nuclear war? qui veut assumer la responsabilité du déclenchement d'une guerre nucléaire?(b) (of business etc) mise f en route ou en traininitial;∎ the starting line-up la composition initiale de l'équipestarting grid (in motor racing) grille f de départ;Sport starting line ligne f de départ;Technology starting motor moteur m de démarrage;starting pistol pistolet m du starter;starting point point m de départ;Sport starting post ligne f de départ;starting price (gen) prix m initial; (in horseracing) cote f au départ; (at auction) mise f à prix, prix m d'appel;starting salary salaire m d'embauche;starting signal signal m de ou du départ;Horseracing starting stalls stalles fpl de départ;starting up (of business etc) mise f en route ou en train; (of engine) mise f en marche, démarrage m; (of machine) lancement m
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